Following on from our 100-mile diet experiment, our ears have been open to more opportunities to source local produce and handy hints for picking greener and more sustainable sources of food. One such discovery is the Vera Street Community Garden in Toowong. Started in 2005, the garden in a not-for-profit collective that encourages locals to help create and sustain a community vegetable garden. Based on the principal that the more you put in, the more benefits you can reap, members can come together to get involved in organic gardening and creek rehabilitation, and get to take home a beautiful assortment of fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs as a reward. Hosted on the grounds of Toowong College, Vera Street Community Garden encourages all levels of involvement – from watering a few veges after work to hands-on weekend working bees. There’s also an array of gardening events, where you can learn new skills to create your own vege garden at home or learn about other community garden schemes and food systems with Food Connect. A wonderful community initiative – particularly or those who don’t have the time or space for their own garden at home – Vera Street Community Garden looks like a great way to test out your green thumb.
